Programme INRIA "Equipes Associées"

sélection

The cooperation is targeted on the use of formal models and techniques for model-based testing of embedded systems. The main objective is to share some knowledge and experience in order to make common advances in this research domain. This cooperation will consider several research directions. Firstly, we aim to investigate models of heterogenous software systems with enlarged features such as non-determinism, recursion, time, interruption and compositionality. Secondly, we aim to focus on testing from partial models by generating them from abstract test cases and observed behavior. The idea is to incorporate incremental learning techniques into a formal validation process. Thirdly, we aim to improve current test case generation techniques by considering semantic rather than structural coverage criteria as well as the conformance relation and model checking coverage criteria. Conformance relations should also be investigated based on failure-divergence on process algebraic models. Additionally, test case generation for conformance testing with the help of diagnosis and controller synthesis is also going to be pursued. Finally, we aim to investigate automated test case selection strategies based on similarity functions.